Some of the supporters of the resolution to cut OPD ties to ICE. The City Council´s Public Safety Committee this week unanimously passed Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s...
A coalition of diverse, low-income, and immigrant students and parents from 17 organizations representing 30 cities from across California traveled to Sacramento Wednesday to defend state funding for...
Gay Plair Cobb, Oakland Private Industry Council CEO, speaks Tuesday at Community and Economic Development Committee meeting. Photo by Ken Epstein The Oakland City Council’s Community and Economic...
Following a hearing this week with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and other top city officials, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson issued a court order Wednesday requiring the City...
Oakland City Council members are moving forward with a proposal that would close a loophole in the rent law that allows unlawful evictions. The Community and...
Youth Speaks, a world leader in youth development and spoken word performance, will host the 20th anniversary Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival from July 19- July...
Krista Stryker. Photo by Paul Curatolo. Krista Stryker’s life was transformed by medical marijuana. It may have in fact, saved her life. Late last year, she began...
Jalia Tucker, a native Oaklander who attended public schools in Oakland, is realizing her lifelong dream – to become a doctor of medicine. In her early...
John Williams, a single father of 4 sons, was looking to move from Sacramento back to the Bay Area but he was worried about the rising...
Margie Mayfield, a beloved Oakland educator, died on June 26. She was 82. Mrs. Mayfield started her 30-year Oakland teaching career at Markham Elementary School in...
The East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) will host a celebration Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22, to mark 100 years of Swan’s Market, a registered...
The 33rd Annual Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo (BPIR) is set to visit the Bay Area Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9, and will be held at Rowell...
In September 2001, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) was the only member of Congress to object to an Authorization for the Use of Military Force, a resolution...
Pro Bowl MVP and Oakland native Lorenzo Alexander and his nonprofit, ACES Foundation, recently hosted its ninth annual Hold the Line Football Camp. ACES, which stands...
State Senator Nancy Skinner honored Fam 1st Family Foundation on June 28 for the 2nd Annual California Nonprofits day, hosted by the California Association of Nonprofits....
Do you know the top five skills and competencies an executive director needs to address the many challenges facing your organization? OCCUR and the San Francisco...
When The Greenlining Institute joined with other Oaklanders to launch a campaign for Uber to take responsibility for its business practices in Oakland, we got lots...
Oakland City Council meeting in June 26. Photo on Facebook by Cat Brooks. In an act of civil disobedience, Oakland residents, city workers and community shut...
Aloysia Fouché (left), founder of the Fouché Foundation and Mary Savoie-Stephens, Consultant, Fouché Hudson Funeral Home. Aloysia Fouché has had a lifelong commitment to serving and...
Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods hosted press conference Thursday announcing a coalition to oppose plans to hold all in-custody arraignments at the new Dublin courthouse...
The opening show of the 51st season of Woodminster Summer Musicals is Mamma Mia! This popular musical will be performed July 7-16 at Woodminster Amphitheater in Oakland’s Joaquin...
The University of San Francisco has announced an anonymous donor’s pledge of $1 million to help 10 African-American and Latino students from the East Bay attend...
Mother Vera M. Baggett celebrated her 99th birthday on May 5, with family, friends and members of her 6 a.m. prayer group. Mother Baggett, as she is known at...
Donation to Frick Middle School: (left to right)Barbara Taylor, Bay Area Jazz Society, Tom Collins, BAJS, Paul Tillman Smith, President BAJS, Dr. Bryan Alverez, Music Instructor...
Hundreds of community members have signed a petition to the board of the East Bay Regional Park District requesting that they purchase or lease property near...
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